Drivers’ licences, passports, courts and benefit appointments could grind to a halt this winter as more than 150,000 civil servants in 214 departments vote on a strike.
The Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) launched 214 separate ballots across government today as it demanded a 10% pay rise and £15-an-hour minimum wage.
General secretary Mark Serwotka branded it the “most significant ballot for strike action in our history” that will “cause an awful lot of disruption in vital services”.
